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One-Liner Wednesday – Dreams

10 Aug 2022 26 Comments

by Ritu in #onelinerwednesday Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dreams

“Every word brings me closer to my dream.”
Ritu Bhathal

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds

#Tanka Tuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge NO. 214, #Themeprompt #Abhanga – Dreams

23 Feb 2021 27 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Abhanga, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dreams, Theme Prompt

Colleen’s Weekly Syllabic Poetry Challenge. This week’s theme:

Dreams

Don't live a dream-free life
Dream it, live it, love it
Dream your goal and smash it
They can come true

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 274 – Keep Dreaming

31 May 2020 34 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dreams, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
C.S. Lewis

Thank you for that, Spidey.

You’re right, you know. We are never too old. There are those sayings about not being able to teach an old dog new tricks, but I think they are wrong.

Every day we are alive is another opportunity to learn, another chance to dream.

That doesn’t mean you have to pick up a book and take tests, or start a course. But search each day for a chance to learn something new.

And you are never too old to dream new dreams, either. How many greats are there, out there, who have reached ages where they were classed as has-beens, only to hit the big time?

Samuel L. Jackson at 43
Stan Lee at 33
Vera Wang at 40
Colonel Sanders (KFC) 62
Toni Morrison at 40

That is just a few.

So… tell me, what is the next dream you wish to achieve?

Have a peaceful Sunday Peeps And enjoy your week! ❤

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 259 – Next Steps

16 Feb 2020 28 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dreams, Next Steps, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
Confucius

Firstly, welcome back to your regular spot, Spidey! I appreciate you letting me take the reins last week, with the book launch, and all that. I hope you managed to have a great break!

And secondly, thank you for a truly apt quote, for this week.

It’s no secret that it took me FOREVER to get my book baby ready to fly, and I am fully aware that I am no Harper Lee… people won’t wait YEARS for the sequel… so I really need to get my skates on with the next book.

Especially since a good few readers of the book have already expressed an interest in finding out more about the characters in the story.

And, yes, I have at least two more stories planned, about the same cast of characters, and I have even started the next one.

But I have been feeling so exhausted recently, I haven’t been able to devote the time I want to writing.

So, I am going to take the advice of Confucius, and make sure that I am trying to add a few words at least, to my new WIP, daily. And hopefully those few words will add up to a book, in less than twenty years!

I know exactly where I want my writing career to go, it’s just taking those next steps.

So… tell me, what are your next steps in making your dreams come true?

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 255

19 Jan 2020 35 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dreams, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“If not us, who? If not now, when?”
John F. Kennedy

Thank you, Spidey, for making me think!

When you have a dream, often there is an inspirational person out there, willing you to dream this dream.

Why keep it at dream status?

If you want to achieve something, you are the only one who can do it. And if you don’t, there are many people out there with the gumption to take their dream, which might be similar to yours, and fly with it.

BE that person. Live your dream!

Okay, so you want to be that person. But, life, you know. Too much going on. Work, family, commitments. They all take up so much of your time, that there is none left to achieve your goal.

Nonsense.

Unless your dream involves a huge amount of planning, and maybe finance that you have to raise, there is NOTHING stopping you getting on the ladder to climbing up to that dream cloud your idea is sitting in, and reaching it.

It may be small things to start with, but if you want to buy a house, start looking. If you want to streamline your life, start decluttering small parts of your house. If you want to write a book, cut down on the TV you watch, and put some words to paper.

They may not be your dream achieved, but they are the starts. And everything has to start somewhere!

So… tell me, what dream do you have, and what step can you take to make it come true?